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| {{Infobox political party | | {{delete|Gylias|canon revision}} |
| | name = Party for Popular Action | |
| | logo = PPAlogo.svg
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| | colorcode = {{G-PPA/meta/color}}
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| | foundation = 1968
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| | dissolved = 1989
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| | ideology = {{plainlist|
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| * [[Populism in Gylias#Left-wing populism|Left-wing populism]]
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| * {{wpl|Distributism}}
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| * Pro-{{wpl|rationing}}
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| * {{wpl|Law and order (politics)|Law and order}} }}
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| | newspaper = ''Action''
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| | youth_wing = Iuvenis Populares
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| | wing1_title = Volunteer wing
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| | wing1 = Popular Volunteers
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| | position = {{wpl|Syncretic politics|Syncretic}}
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| | colours = {{color box|{{G-PPA/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} Dark blue
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| | country = Gylias
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| }}
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| The '''Party for Popular Action''' ({{wpl|French language|French}} [[Gylian languages reform of 1958–1959#French|reformed]]: ''Parti pour l'action populaire''), abbreviated '''PPA''' (''PAP''), was a [[List of political parties in Gylias|Gylian political party]], part of the {{G-NI}} bloc. It was a [[List of political parties in Gylias#Local parties|localist party]] in Riáona, [[Ḑarna Region|Ḑarna]].
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| Established in 1968 by Riáona [[Municipalities of Gylias#Government|Mayor]] [[Peggy Carter]], the party served as a vehicle for her policies, and a means to secure a majority in the {{wpl|city council}}. It lost the [[List of Gylian municipal elections#1988|1988 municipal election]], and subsequently disintegrated in opposition, having spent its entire existence in government.
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| ==History==
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| The PPA was established in 1968 by [[Municipalities of Gylias#Government|Mayor]] [[Peggy Carter]] of Riáona. Having previously been elected in [[List of Gylian municipal elections#1966|1966]] as an {{wpl|independent politician|independent}}, she had trouble assembling coalitions in the {{wpl|city council}} to support her policies. She announced the party as a "like-minded formation" for her supporters, and welcomed members from "all constitutional parties".
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| The party won a plurality in the city council in the [[List of Gylian municipal elections#1988|1968 municipal election]], while Peggy was re-elected. It functioned as a minority government, preferring to rely on support from independents to get its programs approved.
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| The PPA was seen as a {{wpl|personal party}} with little coherent ideology, existing only to promote Peggy's policies. It was jokingly claimed that its acronym stood for "Pretext for Peggy's Actions" (''Prétexte pour les actions d'Peggy''). Other mocking nicknames was "Party for Unpopular Action", on account of some of its policies, and "Party of Peggy's Automatons", due to its leader-centric nature and undistinguished councillors.
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| The 1970s were arguably the party's heyday: it consistently secured upwards of 40% of first preference votes, and Peggy managed to win relection with more than 50% of the first preference vote. It steered a middle course in the context of the region's closely competitive [[Socialism in Gylias|socialist]]–[[Conservatism in Gylias|conservative]] politics.
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| During the 1980s, its popularity began to slip, especially as Peggy ceased to win re-election in the first round. It was defeated in [[List of Gylian municipal elections#1988|1988]], reduced to a minority while Peggy lost re-election after 22 years in office.
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| Having spent its entire existence as a {{wpl|party of power}}, the PPA failed to adapt to a role in opposition. With Peggy choosing to retire from politics, the party collapsed, and was disbanded in 1989.
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| ==Ideology==
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| The PPA was a {{wpl|Syncretic politics|syncretic}} party, described by analysts as being left-wing and [[Political culture of Gylias#Statism and anarchism|statist]] on economic issues, and moderately [[Conservatism in Gylias|conservative]] on social issues.
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| Peggy's signature issue was support of {{wpl|rationing}} as an egalitarian policy. She believed the egalitarian spirit of the [[Liberation War (Gylias)|Liberation War]] and [[National Obligation period]] had to be preserved, and "wasteful prosperity" would corrode solidarity and be destructive to society. Economically, the party was broadly {{wpl|distributism|distributist}}, supporting [[Economy of Gylias#Cooperatives|cooperatives]] and {{wpl|syndicalism}} while opposing {{wpl|concentration of wealth}}.
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| The party's rhetoric often drew on Peggy's wartime service and reputation as a private detective. It made {{wpl|Law and order (politics)|law and order}} a trademark concern, but in a unique Gylian interpretation — "{{wpl|Law of Jante}} and {{wpl|spontaneous order}}". It advocated fighting crime through increased social programs and crackdowns on {{wpl|white-collar crime}}, which it saw as the greatest threat to society.
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| The party had an often vitriolic rivalry with ''[[The Federal Informer]]'', which heavily criticised what it considered to be "authoritarian trappings". It operated its own newspaper, ''Action''; a youth wing, Iuvenis Populares; and infamously, a voluntary group of militants, known as the Popular Volunteers but often referred to as "blueshirts" due to their uniforms.
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| ==Symbols==
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| The PPA used a dark shade of blue as its official colour, and an eagle as its symbol. The choice of the eagle was controversial, as its previous use by [[Xevden]] and the [[Tymzar–Nalo regime]] had made it a taboo symbol among Gylian parties, while [[Conservatism in Gylias|conservatives]] themselves avoided it since it was perceived as too aggressive.
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| ==Popular support==
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| The PPA existed only in Riáona. It became a distinctive local phenomenon, maintaining a balancing act that attracted both [[Socialism in Gylias|socialist]] and [[Conservatism in Gylias|conservative]] voters. At its peak, it won 40%–45% of first preference votes in elections, while Peggy consistently won reelection with over 50% of first preference votes, her highest tally being 53,5%. Its dominance prevented the established {{wpl|electoral bloc}}s from making headway into the city council for a long time.
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| {{Gylian political parties}}
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| [[Category:Gylian political parties]]
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